You are managing a project and the sponsor has removed the previous Project Manager on the project because they could not keep the project on budget. According to your current project budget, this project is over budget by $245,000. As the current Project
Manager, you are afraid you will also be removed if you report this status. What is the best response you can tell senior management?


A. Report the delay to senior management and the reasons
B. Tell senior management the project is over budget by $245,000 with a plan to recover
C. The schedule is only two weeks behind so you don't report the delay
D. Don't report the delay and begin looking for a new job

You are a Project Manager who is involved in the procurement of $2,000,000 of infrastructure equipment. As negotiations begin between your company and the vendor, you realize that your brother works for this company but in a different department. What is
your professional and social responsibility?


A. Because he works in a different department, you can remain on the project
B. Remain on the project, but remove yourself from the negotiations
C. Remove yourself from the project
D. Remain on the project, but help another Project Manager negotiate the contract

You are a Project Manager managing the building of a housing development. As the plumbing is being installed, you cannot find a building permit. As the Project Manager, to whom do you report this violation?


A. The construction company
B. The local city authority
C. The local county authority
D. The state authority

A Project Manager has been working on quality process of a project at a major electronics manufacturer. This manufacturer is involved with various government and defense contracts as well. The Project Manager discovers that an employee has been reselling
some repair material that he has declared as scrap material because they were discontinued, at a small profit on the internet. The item is very costly. What should the Project Manager do?


A. Report this to the company
B. Report this to Homeland Security
C. Report this to General Accounting Office (GAO).
D. Report the employee to the local authority

A Project Manager is in the execution phase of a highly visible project and a major milestone is due in one week. The Project Manager has discovered that a vendor's deliverable for this milestone will be two weeks late. What should the Project Manager do?


A. Do not report this problem in the status meeting
B. Meet with the team and brainstorm how to create a workaround for this problem
C. Halt all payments to the vendor until the deliverable is received
D. Report the status of the missed milestone

A Project Manager is in the execution phase of a highly visible project and a major milestone is due in three weeks. The Project Manager has discovered that a vendor's deliverable for this milestone will be five weeks late. What should the Project Manager do?


A. Do not report this problem in the status meeting
B. Meet with the team and brainstorm how to create a workaround for this problem
C. Halt all payments to the vendor until the deliverable is received
D. Report the status of the missed milestone

The database project is approximately 85% complete. The project has had its challenges. As of the last status report, the project appears to be on track regarding cost, schedule and scope.
Senior management lets you know that the sponsor has some very serious concerns about the project. You don't understand why, based on the last status report. What would be the best action to take first?


A. Ignore senior management because the project is in good shape
B. Meet with the sponsor to determine the sponsor?s concerns
C. Tell senior management that the project is in good shape
D. Evaluate the schedule and budget to verify the triple constraint health of the project

A Project Manager has been assigned to manage a project that requires two development teams.
One team will create the server software and is local, and the other team will create the client software and resides in a foreign country. For the most recent 10 conference calls with the foreign country, the foreign team is consistently 15 minutes late to the
meeting. How should the Project Manager handle this problem?


A. Report this to senior management
B. Review the customs and traditions of the foreign country
C. Call the development manager of the foreign country
D. Ignore the problem

You learn that a former boss of yours who is a PMP has committed to his boss that 100% of the PMO that he manages at their company will be certified. They also don't have any training budget, and can?t send anyone to training to qualify for the training
requirement for the exam.
The other problem is that one of the people who passed the test is 22 years old and going to junior college. You know that this person has been working in this area for only two years at most.
When asked about it, you are told that they lied about the experience hours and the training required of the PMP application. What is the best thing to do?


A. Contact your former boss and let him know it's not appropriate
B. Contact PMI to report the name(s) of the person(s_., the name(s). of supervisor(s), and the company
C. Tell your old boss to hire you back or you will turn them into PMI
D. Ignore it because you don't work there anymore

A Project Manager has been contracted by a company to manage the development of a software business application. The Project Manager discovers that five of the software developers are contractors and do not have legal software licenses. What should the
Project Manager do in this case?


A. Report this to the company's senior management
B. Report this to PMI
C. Call the software vendor
D. Fill out a software piracy report